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Iron dome intercepts Gaza rocket over Ashkelon | JPost | Israel News.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

LAST UPDATED: 07/02/2014 20:19

Rocket come after IAF strikes Gazan mortar launcher used to fire shells at Kibbutz Kerem Shalom; IDF reports that nine mortars in total were fired on southern Israel from Gaza Wednesday; all landed in open areas.

The Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip over the southern city of Ashkelon on Wednesday evening, the IDF confirmed.

Earlier in the evening the Israel Air Force struck a mortar launcher in the southern Gaza Strip that was used to fire shells at Kibbutz Kerem Shalom.

In total on Wednesday, nine mortars from the coastal enclave landed in southern Israel, the IDF Spokesperson reported.

The mortars landed in open areas in the Eshkol Regional Council.

On Tuesday evening, five mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel with two landing in the Eshkol Regional Council.

The Tuesday attack came as the funeral was underway in Modi’in for the three slain Israeli teenagers.

Early on Tuesday morning, the Israeli Air Force jets struck 34 targets in the Gaza Strip in response to a barrage of rockets that pounded Israel’s South on Monday.

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